Table 17
Female Colorectal Cancer Incidence And
Incidence Rates By Year And Race, New Jersey
1979-1997*

YEAR

RACE

ALL RACES

WHITE

BLACK

OTHER

UNKNOWN

Number

Rate

Number

Rate

Number

Rate

Number

Number

1979

2,678

54.1

2,455

53.7

203

54.8

10

10

1980

2,626

52.2

2,434

52.5

164

43.4

16

12

1981

2,806

54.4

2,576

54.3

187

48.0

20

23

1982

2,649

50.6

2,429

50.5

194

48.2

7

19

1983

2,777

52.1

2,542

52.0

204

49.0

17

14

1984

2,766

50.8

2,528

50.9

210

49.4

14

14

1985

2,916

53.5

2,653

53.3

220

50.3

25

18

1986

2,833

50.5

2,557

50.0

245

54.5

21

10

1987

2,852

50.4

2,591

50.3

219

47.2

28

14

1988

2,875

50.1

2,602

50.0

240

50.5

24

9

1989

2,879

49.7

2,623

50.0

216

44.0

23

17

1990

2,867

48.8

2,568

48.3

234

47.0

22

43

1991

2,833

47.5

2,549

47.5

241

46.9

26

17

1992

2,728

45.5

2,449

45.3

235

45.1

21

23

1993

2,718

44.9

2,424

44.7

239

44.4

36

19

1994

2,678

43.5

2,356

42.8

266

47.9

33

23

1995

2,668

43.3

2,347

42.5

270

48.4

42

9

1996

2,664

42.7

2,387

43.3

240

41.5

35

2

1997

2,712

43.1

2,381

42.8

282

48.5

38

11

TOTAL

52,525

48.7

47,451

48.7

4,309

47.7

458

307

*Incidence rates - per 100,000 residents, age-adjusted to the 1970 U.S. population. Includes invasive colorectal cancer
cases; does not include in situ colorectal cancer cases. Rates were not calculated for men of other or unknown race.
Source: New Jersey State Cancer Registry.
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